/**
 * This file is part of 1genia trampoline
 * Copyright (C) 2007 1genia (contact@1genia.com)
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation; version 3 of the License. 
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Library General Public License for more details. 
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; see the file COPYING.TXT.  If not,
 * write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street,
 * Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. 
 **/
package com.genia.toolbox.persistence.criteria;

/**
 * This interface represents a line of result from a criteria.
 * 
 * @param <MAINTYPE>
 *          The main type of the criteria that generated this result.
 */
public interface CriteriaResult<MAINTYPE>
{

  /**
   * Return the column that represents the main type of this result.
   * 
   * @return the value of this result on the column of the main type of this
   *         result.
   */
  public MAINTYPE get();



  /**
   * Return the column represented by <code>criteriaType</code> of this line.
   * 
   * @param <TYPE>
   *          the type of the result.
   * @param criteriaType
   *          the column to retrieve.
   * @return the value of this result on the column passed as argument.
   */
  public <TYPE> TYPE get(CriteriaType<TYPE> criteriaType);
}
